SANTA ANA, Calif. – Approximately 2,000 at-risk youth will be treated like VIPs at tomorrow night’s Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Angels) game in reward for refusing to join a gang while improving school attendance and behavior. This special event marks the 9th year in which students rose to the challenge issued by Orange County Gang Reduction and Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP). The OC GRIP kids will attend a game, be greeted by the players, watch the team warm up during batting practice from behind the dugouts, and receive a dinner provided by OC GRIP’s non-profit charitable organization. The name of each school in attendance will be displayed on the Angel Vision JumboTron during the event.

Thanks to the generosity of the Angels, more than 1,900 students in 4th through 8th grade accompanied by roughly 100 teacher chaperones will all attend the game for free. Due to the partnership with law enforcement organizations, personnel from various departments will also be in attendance to congratulate the students on their accomplishments, including Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. Continue reading→

SANTA ANA, California – A federal jury today convicted former professional baseball player Douglas DeCinces of insider trading charges for using non-public information to purchase stock in an Orange County company in transactions that netted him $1.3 million in profits.

A second man who illegally took the insider information from DeCinces – David Parker – was also found guilty today of violating federal securities laws. Continue reading→

We are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Eco Challenge Poster Contest. Enter the County of Orange poster contest for the chance to be an Honorary Bat Kid at an Angels baseball game this year by creating a poster that clearly demonstrates how you personally ‘Take the Eco Challenge’.

Design a poster which shows examples of projects or activities that you have developed or engaged in that promote recycling, reusing, or reducing in your school, home or community. The poster should focus on your personal plan of action. Posters will be judged based on originality, visual clarity, relevance to theme, artwork, and effectiveness of message. Winners will be selected by the County of Orange, Discovery Cube of Orange County and Angels Baseball representatives. Continue reading→

ORANGE – Baseball fans will again be able to hop aboard the Angels Express to quickly get to and from Angels games this season, beginning with the first pre-season home games against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3.

The special Metrolink train service allows fans to avoid traffic jams and save on gas and money by skipping the car trip and parking fees. Continue reading→

A 43-year-old Huntington Beach man is in critical condition after he was attacked Friday night by three men in the Angel Stadium parking lot, Anaheim police said, according to the OC Register.

At about 10:30 p.m. Friday, witnesses flagged down Anaheim police officers who were patrolling the game and alerted them of the altercation, said Anaheim police Lt. Bob Dunn, according to CBS News.

The victim and a relative were walking through the parking lot when the men attacked them for no apparent reason, Dunn said. The male relative was not injured. The man, who was unconscious, was taken to a nearby hospital and was still listed in critical condition, Dunn said Sunday. His name was not available Sunday, according to KTLA News. Continue reading→

OC Waste & Recycling, in partnership with Discovery Science Center, Goodwill of Orange County, and Angels Baseball will provide free disposal of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) on Saturday, July 26, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Bring your favorite Angels memorabilia for an autograph with Angels starting pitcher Garrett Richards. The first 200 cars to bring household hazardous waste, e-waste or gently used clothing will have priority access to meet Garrett Richards as well as the opportunity to choose between four free tickets to that night’s Angels game or four free general admission tickets to the Discovery Science Center (while supplies last). Continue reading→

In case you haven’t made your appointment yet…It’s that time again- when UC Irvine Healthcare teams up with Angels Baseball for a series of summer blood drives. The blood drives begin June 19 and run throughout the summer. All donors will receive two Angels vouchers which can be exchanged at the box office for two free game tickets. The UC Irvine bloodmobile will be parked at Angels Stadium between 8am-2pm on blood drive dates. In addition to this location, you can also donate and get your Angels tickets at our blood donor center located on UC Irvine campus now and throughout the summer, while tickets last. The campus donor center is open Monday-Friday with later hours available on Wednesdays & Thursdays. This is also a convenient location for those of you in south OC.

To make an appointment for one of the blood drives at Angels Stadium- click on the link below. You must provide a valid email address or your appointment will be cancelled. Please do not make multiple appointments for your yourself. This will result in the cancellation of your appointments. You can only donate once every 56 days. Continue reading→

ANAHEIM, CA (May 19, 2014) ¾ In celebration of May as Water Awareness Month, Angels Baseball will be honoring the winners of Anaheim Public Utilities’ 24th Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest. The young artists, first- through eighth-grade students from Anaheim elementary and junior high schools, will receive trophies tonight, Monday, May 19, during a pre-game ceremony on the field prior to the 7:05 p.m. game against the Houston Astros. (A list of winners and their schools is listed below.)

The winning posters are on exhibit in the lobby of Anaheim West Tower, 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., for the entire month of May. They can also be viewed by clicking here. Continue reading→

Now, if you’re a member of the torpedo-the-Angels-negotiations claque, clear your mind and repeat after me: The Angels have nowhere to go. The Angels have nowhere (sic), The Angels have nowhere to go.

Well apparently they DO. We wouldn’t doubt for a minute that Emil Haddad, the very smart and powerful developer of 4,606 homes at FivePoint Communities which borders the Great Park or the slippery Irvine Councilman Jeff Lalloway would jump at any lucrative arrangement which would bring the Angels to a new stadium at the property — to hell with the bankrupt and corrupt $220 million Great Park plan — there’s a lot of money to be made and this opportunity is a perfect solution for recovering the funds squandered by Larry Agran, Beth Krom and their cronies when they controlled the Park Board and Irvine City Council. What better way for Irvine to get itself out of the Great Park hole than by bringing a revenue-generator to town like an almost-contending Major League baseball team that has a six-year, $144.5M lock on Mike Trout, as well as two expensive, aging “superstars” in Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton? Continue reading→